EP2428398B1 - Device for reversible fixing of a holding belt to a profile rail in a transport vehicle - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a shelving system for a transport vehicle with at least one rail and a device for releasably securing a tether on the rail.

In vehicles for craftsmen, fitters, field workers or in workshop or other transport vehicles shelf systems are often installed for the safe and proper transport of tools, spare parts, and other commodities. Usually, special holders for additional lashing or holding straps are attached to such shelving systems.

From the DE 20 2007 007 443 U1 a system for holding loads in the hold of a transport vehicle is known. In this known system key-shaped openings are provided with a circular opening portion and a rectangular slot portion in extruded aluminum profile rails. In the openings of the attachable aluminum in the vehicle aluminum profile rails can in FIG. 7 shown hook-shaped belt holder used and are guided around under a gutter located between the openings until the free hook end of the hook-shaped belt holder protrudes from the next adjacent opening. However, these simply constructed hook-shaped belt holders are not secured without tensile load and can therefore easily fall out of the openings in the unloaded state.

From the US 2004/0195900 A1 a device for releasably securing a restraint belt in a vehicle is known. This far a basic body with a hook-shaped front part for engaging behind a belt holder and provided with a transverse slot for receiving the restraint on the back. In order to avoid loosening of the hook-shaped front part from the belt holder, a pressure piece is provided, which is movable relative to the base body and is acted upon by a compression spring in the direction of the hook-shaped front part. The pressure piece encloses the main body partially, so that the main body is guided in the pressure piece. By lateral flanges of the pressure piece, the hook-shaped front part of the body is closed and thus the belt holder securely connected to the device.

From the EP 1 216 884 A2 is a device for releasably attaching a housing of a Laderaumabdeckrollos or safety net on a vehicle wall, in particular the back of a motor vehicle rear seat back, known. On the housing fastening elements are arranged, which together with the vehicle side arranged counter-elements form a pivot bearing for a pivoting movement of the housing relative to the vehicle wall, so that during assembly by receiving part of the gravity of the device lower effort is necessary.

From the DE 24 35 803 A1 An anchor rail fitting for tension bands is known, which is designed as a one-piece bracket of U-shape with oppositely directed, angled, insertable into an anchor rail opening support surfaces. To secure the anchor rail fitting to the anchor rail opening, a rail spring acting in the rail direction and in the operating state against an edge of the rail opening supporting leaf spring is attached to one of the legs of the anchor rail fitting.

From the US 3,178,790 A. is a releasable load securing in the form of a fastener for straps on the wall of a transport vehicle known. The fastener consists of two hook-shaped parts, which are biased by a spring against each other in opposite directions to engage behind a fixed to the wall of the transport vehicle rail.

The object of the invention is to provide a shelving system that allows a simple and safer attachment of straps.

This object is achieved by a shelving system with the features of claim 1. Advantageous embodiments and advantageous developments of the invention are specified in the dependent claims.

The shelf system according to the invention comprises at least one rail and a device for releasably securing a tether on the rail. The profile rail includes a cavity and a plurality of separating webs separated slots and the Device comprising a main body having a rear part with a transverse slot for receiving the tether and a hook-shaped front part for insertion into one of the slots and for engaging behind one of the separating webs. At the rear part of the main body is acted upon by a compression spring in the direction of the hook-shaped front part pressure piece for secure mounting of the base body to the rail. Through the pressure piece, the hook-shaped front part can be kept secured in a locking position behind the divider rail locking position, whereby the body is secured against falling out. The device is easy to assemble and disassemble as needed and allows secure attachment of additional holding or lashing straps

Conveniently, the pressure piece is pressed by the compression spring in the direction of an inner contact region of the hook-shaped front part. Thereby, the hook-shaped front part can be pressed from behind against the divider of the rail and held in a locking position.

In a further advantageous embodiment, the pressure piece is guided displaceably in a longitudinal slot of the base body. The pressure piece may also be rotatably disposed in the longitudinal slot in a preferred embodiment. Thereby, the pressure piece can not only be moved, but can rotate with a successful during assembly or disassembly movement along a rail, whereby the handling is simplified and the wear is reduced.

For holding the pressure piece acting on the compression spring, a retaining pin may be arranged in the longitudinal slot, on which the preferably formed as a helical spring compression spring is attached.

In an embodiment that is advantageous both in terms of production and assembly, the pressure piece can consist of two disk-shaped turned parts connected to one another. The two rotary parts can be connected to one another, for example, via a threaded pin arranged on one of the two rotary parts and a corresponding threaded hole on the other rotary part.

The two rotating parts can also be covered by plastic side cover or the like. To prevent access to the rotary parts or their undesired operation.

Figur 1

einen Teil eines Regalsystems für Transportfahrzeuge mit einem Pfostenprofil, einem Rahmenprofil und einer Vorrichtung zur lösbaren Befestigung eines Haltegurts;

Figur 2

eine Schnittansicht entlang der Linie E-F von Figur 1;

Figur 3

eine Schnittansicht entlang der Linie A-B von Figur 1;

Figur 4

eine Darstellung der Einzelteile der in Figur 1 gezeigten Vorrichtung zur lösbaren Befestigung des Haltegurts;

Figur 5

die Vorrichtung zur lösbaren Befestigung des Haltegurts im zusammengebauten Zustand;

Figur 6

eine als Pfostenprofil eingesetzte Profilschiene mit der Vorrichtung zur Befestigung des Haltegurts und

Figur 7

eine Darstellung des Ablaufs zur Montage der Vorrichtung für die Befestigung des Haltegurts an der in Figur 6 gezeigten Profilschiene.

Other features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description of preferred embodiments with reference to the drawings. Show it:

FIG. 1

a part of a shelf system for transport vehicles with a post profile, a frame profile and a device for releasably securing a tether;

FIG. 2

a sectional view taken along the line EF of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3

a sectional view taken along the line AB of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4

a representation of the items of the FIG. 1 shown device for releasably securing the tether;

FIG. 5

the device for releasably securing the tether in the assembled state;

FIG. 6

a profile rail used as a post profile with the device for fastening the tether and

FIG. 7

a representation of the procedure for mounting the device for fastening the tether to the in FIG. 6 shown rail.

In FIG. 1 is a part of a frame construction of a arranged within a transport or workshop vehicle shelving system with a post serving as the first rail 1, a permanently connected to the first rail 1 and serving as a frame profile second rail 2 and a device 3 for releasably securing a lashing or tether 4 or another lashing or holding device shown on the rails.

How out FIG. 1 and the sectional view of FIG. 3 shows, serving as a post profile first rail 1 has a cross-sectionally U-shaped rear portion with a continuous cross bar 5 and two parallel rear side bars 6. At the side of the webs 6 facing rear side of the cross bar 5, an additional reinforcing web 7 is formed between the two side bars 6. On the opposite front side of the crosspiece 5, two oppositely inclined, towards the front converging inner side webs 8 are formed with substantially triangular outer side parts 9 and arranged between the side webs 8 screw 10. The two side webs 8 form the lateral boundary of a trapezoidal cavity 11, whose longer rear side is bounded by the transverse web 5. The shorter front side of the cavity 11 is according to FIG. 3 formed by a plurality of slots 12 spaced from each other separating webs 13 in the groove bottom of an arranged at the front of the rail 1 insertion groove 15. The rectangular cross-section insertion groove 15 is provided between the front ends 14 of the two side parts 9 at the front of the rail 1.

Also at the in FIG. 2 shown in cross-section second rail 2, which serves as a horizontal frame profile of the arranged within a transport vehicle shelf system, 16 two front obliquely converging inner side webs 17 for lateral delimitation of a trapezoidal in cross section cavity 18 are integrally formed on the front of a crosspiece. In contrast to the first rail 1, the two formed on the outside of the side bars 17 side parts 19 of the second rail 2 are formed such that they each have a lateral, closed to the side receiving channel 20 for angular holding or mounting parts 21 of a connector 22 and a forward open front receiving channel 23 with a front opening 24 form. The front openings 24 can be covered by plug-in protective profile strips 25. Again, between the front ends of the two beveled on the front side parts 19 a rectangular cross-section insertion groove 26 is provided. The rear longer side of the cavity 18 is limited by the transverse web 16, while the narrower front side of the cavity 18 according to FIG FIG. 1 is also formed by a plurality of slots spaced apart separating webs 28 in the groove bottom of the insertion groove 26.

The first and second profile rails 1 and 2 are expediently produced as hollow profiles made of aluminum or another suitable material in the extrusion process. In the two rear side bars 6 of the first rail 1 are holes 29 for fixed connection with the in FIG. 2 shown connectors 22 provided by means of screws 30.

In FIG. 3 is shown in addition to the post profile forming vertical rail 1 and serving as a bottom rail third rail 31. The profile rail 31 embodied here as a bent sheet metal part has a lower support leg 32 and an obliquely upwardly extending retaining leg 33. About screws 34, the lower support leg 32 of the rail 31 on the floor of a transport vehicle can be fastened. As in the profile rail 1, a plurality of separating webs spaced apart from one another by slots 12 are also provided in the holding leg 33 of the third profiled rail 31.

The in the FIGS. 4 and 5 In the disassembled and assembled state shown device 3 for releasably securing a tether 4 or other lashing or holding device to the above-described rails includes a run as a zinc die-cast main body 35 with a hook-shaped front part 36 and provided with a transverse slot 37 back 38th In the transverse slot 37 at the end of the rear part 38 may be attached, for example, designed as a textile belt tether 4. In a longitudinal slot 39 between the transverse slot 37 and the hook-shaped front part 36, a pressure piece 40 serving as a securing element is displaceably guided in the rear part 38. On a holding pin 41 in the interior of the longitudinal slot 39 sits a here designed as a helical spring compression spring 42 through which the pressure member 40 is pressed in the direction of the hook-shaped front part 36. In the embodiment shown, the pressure piece 40 consists of two disk-shaped rotary members 43 and 44, which are connected to each other via a arranged on the one rotary member 43 threaded pin 45.

Based on FIG. 7 is the assembly of the device 3 described above at a in FIG. 6 illustrated profile rail 1 explained.

For mounting the device 3, the hook-shaped front part 36 on the in FIG. 6 shown insertion groove 15 introduced at the front of the rail 1 and according to FIG. 7 be inserted into a slot 12 between the dividers 13. The width of the insertion groove 15 on the rail 1 is adapted to the thickness of the hook-shaped front part 36 on the base body 35, so that the front part 36 when inserted into the Insertion groove 15 is guided laterally. The distance between the separating webs 13 is matched to the width of the hook-shaped front part 36 so that it can be inserted with a lateral clearance in the slot 12 between the separating webs 13. When inserting the hook-shaped front part 36, the two rotary parts 43 and 44 of the pressure piece 40 come to rest against the front ends 14 of the side parts 15. The pressure piece 40 is arranged such that it for displacing the inwardly bent free end 46 of the hook-shaped front part 36th under the divider 13 according to the second illustration on the left side of FIG FIG. 7 must be moved against the force of the compression spring 42 in the direction of the rear end of the back part 38. Then, the base body 35 is moved out of this position to the right and released, the main body 35 is pressed by the means of the compression spring 42 in the direction of an inner abutment portion 46 of the hook-shaped front portion 36 acted upon rotating parts 43 and 44 of the pressure piece 40 to the outside until the divider 13 is encompassed by the hook-shaped front part 36 and the inwardly bent free end 47 of the hook-shaped front part 36 according to the middle illustration of FIG. 7 protrudes from the next slot 12. In this locking position, the device 3 is secured secured against unwanted falling out.

As from the two right representations of FIG. 7 it can be seen, the main body 35 of the device 3 can be pivoted in the locked position by 40 ° to the right and left, without the locking position is released. As a result, the main body 35 can be securely held even in a tilted position for an oblique arrangement of the tethers. In order to prevent unwanted access to the two rotary parts 43 and 44, they can be covered by plastic side covers, not shown here, or the like.

To disassemble the device 3, only the main body 35 against the force of the acted upon by the compression spring 42 rotating parts 43 and 44 of the pressure piece 40 has pressed inward and then moved to the left. Then the hook-shaped front part 36 comes out of engagement with the separating web 13 and the device 3 can be removed.

Claims (6)

1. Shelving system for a transport vehicle with at least one profile rail (1; 2; 31) and a device (3) for detachable fastening of a retaining strap (4) to the profile rail (1; 2; 31), wherein the profile rail (1; 2; 31) comprises a cavity (11; 18) and a plurality of slots (12; 27) separated from one another by separating elements (13; 28) and the device (3) comprises a base unit (35) which exhibits a rear part (38) with a transverse slot (37) for receiving the retaining strap (4) and a hook-shaped front part (36) for introduction into one of the slots (12; 27) and for gripping behind one of the separating elements (13; 28), wherein a thrust element (40) subjected to the action of a compression spring (42) in the direction of the hook-shaped front part (36) is arranged on the rear part (38) of the base unit (35) for secure attachment of the base unit (35) to the profile rail (1; 2; 31).
2. Shelving system according to claim 1, characterised in that the profile rail (1; 2) comprises two side elements (9) which run together towards the front from a transverse element (5) to bound the cavity (11; 18) laterally.
3. Shelving system according to claim 2, characterised in a reinforcing element (7) is formed on the rear side of the transverse element (5).
4. Shelving system according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterised in that a guide channel (15; 26) of rectangular cross-section is arranged on the front side of the profile rail; (1; 2).
5. Shelving system according to claim 4, characterised in that the width of the guide channel (15; 26) on the profile rail (1) is matched to the thickness of the hook-shaped front part (36) on the base unit (35) so that the front part (36) is guided laterally when it is introduced into the guide channel (15; 26).
6. Shelving system according to claim 4 or 5, characterised in that the separating elements (13; 28) and the slots (12; 27) are arranged in the bottom of the guide channel (15; 26).

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